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Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz Discussion Questions 1. Talk about the characters, both good and bad. Describe their personalities and motivations. Are they fully de- veloped and emotionally complex? Or are they flat, one-dimensional heroes and villains? 2. What do you know...and when do you know it? At what point in the book do you begin to piece together what happened? 3. Good crime writers embed hidden clues in plain sight, slipping them in casually, almost in passing. Did you pick them out, or were you...clueless? Once you've finished the book, go back to locate the clues hidden in plain sight. How skilful was the author in burying them? 4. Good crime writers also tease us with red-herrings—false clues—to purposely lead readers astray? Does your author try to throw you off track? If so, were you tripped up? 5. Talk about the twists & turns—those surprising plot developments that throw everything you think you've fig- ured out into disarray. Do they enhance the story, add complexity, and build suspense? Are they plausible or im- plausible? 6. Does the author ratchet up the suspense? Did you find yourself anxious—quickly turning pages to learn what happened? A what point does the suspense start to build? Where does it climax...then perhaps start rising again? 7. Are there certain passages in the book—ideas, descriptions, or dialogue—that you found interesting or revealing...or that somehow struck you? What lines, if any, made you stop and think? 8. Overall, does the book satisfy? Does it live up to the standards of a good crime story or suspense thriller? Why or why not? Magpie Murders Anthony Horowitz About the Author Anthony Horowitz, OBE is a prolific English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His work for children and teenagers includes The Diamond Brothers series, the Alex Rider series, and The Power of Five series (aka The Gatekeepers). His work for adults includes the novel and play Mindgame (2001) and two Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk (2011) and Moriarty (2014). He has also written extensively for televi- sion, contributing numerous scripts to ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot and Midsomer Murders. He was the creator and principal writer of the three ITV series—Foyle's War, Collision and Injustice. This book is available for download as an eBook and an eAudiobook. For more information, please visit lpl.overdrive.com or call 519-661-4600. Source: http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/fiction/11010-magpie-murders-horowitz .

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le Why do so many people say they like nothing better than to spend their spare time curled up with a good IMAGE © 2007 DES WILLIE book? And why do so many Author Profi of us love watching movies – at the cinema, at home, or even on aeroplanes and in our cars? AANTHONYNTHONY HHOROWITZOROWITZ The answer could be because we mythical worlds that we could never dream admire the authors’ writing style or the of visiting for real. cleverness of the plot, or it could be the quality of the acting or the special effects Reasons to escape in the movie which appeal. But if we are When Anthony Horowitz was a child, he truthful, the answer is often because, for had some very good reasons to want to a short time at least, we can use books escape from the realities of his life. Even and fi lms to escape from the everyday though he was born, in 1956, into a wealthy world in which we live and enter a world family, he does not remember his childhood of fi ctional fantasy. We can forget about days fondly. He recalls being unhappy and our own troubles and dilemmas and watch overweight (‘I was an astoundingly large, the actors on the screen playing out their round child’), he describes having to spend own problems – or in the pages of the book time with a ‘truly evil’ grandmother, and we can travel to far off places and enter he hated the boarding school he went to PCP Photocopy or download from scholastic.co.uk/literacytime HHorowitz.inddorowitz.indd 1 001/02/20081/02/2008 114:18:114:18:11 le from the age of eight.
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